Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s25.4

c18.s25.4

"A letter to Krishna Rao Anant, Mukkam Satara : Moro Ganesh Behare is a resident of Satara. The Huzur is informed that you have dunned his family for house-tax due to the government. The year before last the aforesaid gentleman was robbed by dacoits beneath Morgiri and lost his property. After that, his brother at Vadutha was also robbed last year of all his goods and killed. Therefore he is under great difficulties. So we have taken pity on him and exempted him from this tax. Do not, therefore, dun his family."⁵